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Conrad Gessner
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Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss physician, bibliographer, and naturalist who lived from 1516 to 1565 and made significant contributions to organizing and documenting knowledge in multiple fields. He is important for his pioneering work in cataloging books and his detailed studies of the natural world, which helped establish foundations for modern scientific classification and bibliography.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1516
- Died
- 1565
- Works
- 61
Top works
- A new booke of destillatyon of waters, called the treasure of Evonymvs, containing the wonderful hid secrets of nature, touching the most apt formes to prepare & destill medicines, for the conseruation of helth
- Fischbuch, das ist, Ein kurtze, doch vollkommne Beschreybung aller Fischen so in dem Meer und süssen Wasseren, Seen, Flüssen, oder anderen Bächen ir Wonung habend
- Tesauro di Euonomo Filatro [pseud.] de rimedi secreti
- De plantis a' divis sanctis' ve nomen habentibvs
- Sancti Justini philosophi et martyris opera
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1896-07-23
- Active to
- 1987-06-23
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,775x
- <scp>UCSF ChimeraX</scp>: Structure visualization for researchers, educators, and developers
· 2020 · cited 9,818x
- An Empirical Method for Estimating the Degree of Crystallinity of Native Cellulose Using the X-Ray Diffractometer
· 1959 · cited 7,547x
- Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges
· 2006 · cited 7,044x
- Ferroptosis: mechanisms, biology and role in disease
· 2021 · cited 6,693x
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- Conrad Gesner
- date of birth
- 1516-03-26
- date of death
- 1565-12-13
- pseudonym
- Jakob Carronus
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- Conrad Gesner
- short name
- Conrad Gessner
- name in native language
- Conrad Gessner
- start of work period
- 1531-01-01
- end of work period
- 1565-01-01
- P12749
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Conrad Gessner (/ˈɡɛsnər/; Latin: Conradus Gesnerus; 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist. Born into a poor family in Zurich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him through university, where he studied classical languages, theology and medicine. He became Zurich's city physician, but was able to spend much of his time on collecting, research and writing. Gessner compiled monumental works on bibliography (Bibliotheca universalis 1545–1549) and zoology (Historia animalium 1551–1558) and was working on a major botanical text at the time of his death from plague at the age of 49. He is regarded as the father of modern scientific bibliography, zoology and botany. He was frequently the first to describe species of plants or animals in Europe, such as the tulip in 1559. A number of plants and animals have been named after him.
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